Democratic Party South Korea

Kim Dae Jung was nominated Tuesday by his opposition Democratic Party to run for president for a third time, and he pledged to transform South Korea into a power that would stand alongside the advanced industrialized democracies. Kim, 68, won 1,413 votes, or 60%, in a party convention, against 925 for Lee Ki Taek, 54--almost exactly the ratio of Kim and Lee's separate followings when the two men amalgamated their forces into the new opposition party last year.

Kim Dae Jung was nominated Tuesday by his opposition Democratic Party to run for president for a third time, and he pledged to transform South Korea into a power that would stand alongside the advanced industrialized democracies. Kim, 68, won 1,413 votes, or 60%, in a party convention, against 925 for Lee Ki Taek, 54--almost exactly the ratio of Kim and Lee's separate followings when the two men amalgamated their forces into the new opposition party last year.

The two Korean immigrants--one a longtime foe of South Korea's military-backed government, the other a recently converted critic--were in an exultant mood as they awaited the arrival of the guest of honor for a ballroom banquet at the Hyatt Wilshire Hotel.

The South Korean government has dispatched a delegation to Los Angeles to seek reparations for hundreds of Korean and Korean-American store owners who suffered damage in last week's rioting, the country's Foreign Ministry announced Sunday. The government said a group headed by Assistant Foreign Minister Ho Seung would meet today with Mayor Tom Bradley and other officials to discuss compensation for Korean-owned businesses that were destroyed or crippled by the violence.